This HYD fanfic represents an alternative ending to the HYD anime.
Hope you like it :)
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A Brand New Beginning - Part 1 "Brand New Beginning"
By: Matsu
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Last Spring
Scene 1:
A shadow of a girl reading a letter;
"Meet me at our meeting spot. 11:00pm - don't forget and don't
be late. "
Next Scene:
A shadow of a guy leaning against the Sakura tree. The Sakura
blossoms are
gently falling around him as he waits..
A YEAR LATER,..
Doumyouji Tsukasa shoved his hands in the pocket of his newly-pressed
chino pants as he walked slowly down the path of Eitoku
University. He could hear the gardener trimming the sides
of the rose bushes and he could smell the
crispness of newly-cut grass.
Around him, Sakura blossoms were falling, dancing gently
and gracefully in the wind. Everything seemed so new, yet so
beautiful. But why isn't life like that? Doumyouji thought to
himself.
"Doumyouji? Are you listening to me?!" The familiar
soft voice broke Doumyouji from his daydream. He looked
down and saw Tomoko Hideaki tugging on his sleeve, the
petite girl widening her big eyes with a look of concern.
Oh yeah, Doumyouji thought. He had forgotten Tomoko was with him.
"What are you thinking about?" She asked, pouting.
Tomoko kept a steady gaze on Doumyouji and he could feel
that she was trying to figure out what he was thinking.
Doumyouji said nothing and instead, kept on walking. He felt the girl releasing her grasp. Doumyouji glanced sideways at her and saw that Tomoko was walking slowly next to him but avoided his gaze.
"You're not thinking about another girl are you?"
she asked softly, awkwardly playing with the hem of her blue
silk top.
Doumyouji abruptly stopped and turned to face her. He couldn't
tell whether she was joking or being serious.
"What makes you think I'm thinking of another girl?" he snapped.
Tomoko took a step back as if she had been punched in the
stomach. When she finally looked up to meet his gaze, Doumyouji
saw that Tomoko's usually sparkly and cheerful eyes have clouded
over with a mixed expression of sadness and fear.
"Gomen" she whispered, her voice cracking. Seeing
her like that made Doumyouji heart soften.
He stepped forward and embraced her in his arms. Somehow as they
stood there, with their arms wrapped around each other, Doumyouji's
heart felt a pang of sadness. I have Tomoko, he told himself
firmly, trying to shake away the displeasing feeling, but why do
I feel so incomplete and unhappy?
******
Tomoko felt warm and relieved in Doumyouji's embrace. She could
stand there forever - leaning against his firm chest and
encircled by his strong and protective arms. She couldn't believe
it was just two months ago when they had first met. She was
rushing to Japanese calligraphy lessons on the other side of town
when she nearly crashed into a guy.
He turned out to be Doumyouji Tsukasa one of the best
looking boys at Eitoku University and a good friend of
Kazuya's - her cousin. They didn't really get along at first -
but gradually they became friends.
Tomoko felt herself blush as she remembered not long ago
- she had finally brought herself to confess to Doumyouji her
true
feelings towards him. She almost didn't believe it when he had
agreed to go out with her. Nevertheless, she was happy - in
fact, overjoyed to be with him. She knew that all the other
girls on campus envied her. But even though Tomoko cared
for Doumyouji deeply - she wasn't sure of his feelings.
There was this mysterious side of Doumyouji Tsukasa which
he kept from her. It was almost like he had this wall
around him which prevented Tomoko to get emotionally close
to him. It hurt her a lot to know that even though she is
with him, she would never be able to enter that sacred part of
his life.
******
Doumyouji finally pulled away from Tomoko, "We better go." He suggested, turning his back on her and started to walk away. Tomoko nodded and followed.
As they walked past the cafeteria, Doumyouji warily glanced
over at Tomoko. She was a cute girl, with wavy brown hair
and dark eyes. Doumyouji liked her - she was a nice girl,
with a genuinely kind heart. He found her a bit irritating
at the beginning but now he was getting pretty much used to
her. But even that, to much of Doumyouji's frustration - his
heart and his mind still belonged to another girl. A girl that
was his dream, his future, his whole life.
Get over it, you idiot, Doumyouji berated himself, she is
gone forever. You have Tomoko now.
But no matter what, Doumyouji could not make himself forget that
one particular girl. Makino Tsukushi - the only girl he has ever
loved, his first love.
He realized that the familiar pang of hurt and sadness in his heart was now resurfacing and no matter how much he tried to bury those emotions and forget about them - it was clearly impossible.
He couldn't believe that when Makino decided to study
abroad (to get away from all the problems with him and his mother).
Doumyouji was actually willing to sacrifice his whole life style
and give up his family in order to be with her forever. He
even sent her a letter to meet him the night before she left
for the US, to tell her how he strongly he felt towards her.
Doumyouji was actually planning to tell Makino that he was
prepared and wanted to spend the rest of his life with her.
He had spent three hours waiting under their special Sakura tree that night, but she didn't even show up. Doumyouji couldn't understand how a love so rightcould turn out so wrong.
But that's the past, a bitter voice inside his mind told
him, Nothing can ever be like the way they were back then.
Never.
*********
Tomoko realized Doumyouji was being awfully quiet again and she
pulled him into the small eating table outside the
cafeteria. "Are you all right?" She asked him.
Doumyouji seemed to have suddenly fallen out of his trance and looked
glanced down at her but said nothing.
Tomoko was very confused. Doumyouji seemed so distracted somehow
today. More
distant towards her than he usually was. Suddenly, a loud voice
broke the awkward silence between the couple.
"Tomoko-chan!"
Tomoko looked across and spotted Kazuya along with his
girlfriend Sakurako sitting on a table nearby.
Tomoko waved at them and dragged Doumyouji towards their table.
"Hey, where's the others?" She asked, placing her books
down.
"You mean Akira and Soujirou?" Sakurako asked, raising
an eyebrow. Tomoko nodded. "I don't think they even come to
University, let alone classes." Sakurako replied, taking a
delicate sip of her orange juice.
Kazuya smiled up at Doumyouji, "Doumyouji-kun! Why are you
looking so miserable? Are you sick?" He pulled a face at
Tomoko, "Don't tell me she hasn't been taking good care of
you!" He flashed Tomoko a mock-displeased look, "Tsk-tsk,
dear cousin."
Tomoko rolled her eyes, "Baka!" she snapped playfully
and stuck her tongue out at him as she took a seat next to
Sakurako. She looked up at Doumyouji - expecting him to sit
down next to her. But instead, Doumyouji was still
standing - his eyes transfixed on something across the yard.
Tomoko slowly followed his gaze and her eyes landed on a cute brunette with big brown eyes and a magnificent smile. Next to her was a gaijin boy who was very good looking and he had an arm casually draped around her small shoulders.
I wonder who she is? She thought, her brow creasing.
Tomoko looked back again and saw the look in Doumyouji's
eyes. It was what she had always
feared. Etched on Doumyouji's face was a look of surprise,
happiness and an unfamiliar expression that Tomoko has never
seen before.
Whoever this girl was, she sure was causing a big impact
on Doumyouji. Tomoko bit her lip and
looked across at the girl once more.
Don't be ridiculous, she scolded herself, that girl has
a boyfriend. And so do you. You're just being
paranoid..right?
********
Doumyouji could not believe his eyes. It was really her! After
all this time, nearly a year - she was really back. His
heart was filled with a whole heap of indescribable
emotions. It was joy, excitement, shock and fear all rolled
into one.
But, there she was, standing towards the side of the cafeteria
entrance, where a big table of students were sitting -
blocking most of his view of her.
He looked again, just to make sure that he wasn't
hallucinating, that everything was real. And it was.
As Doumyouji stood there, transfixed with the image before him,
his lips could only mutter one single but significant word,
"Makino."
(TO BE CONTINUED)